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2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you have a depressive disorder, including depression, major depression,
dysthymia, or minor depression?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,673 1,283 18.8 17.7-19.9 5,390 81.2 80.1-82.3
-Piedmont 3,348 606 17.5 16.0-19.0 2,742 82.5 81.0-84.0
GENDER
Male 1,428 198 13.2 11.3-15.3 1,230 86.8 84.7-88.7
Female 1,920 408 21.4 19.3-23.6 1,512 78.6 76.4-80.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 2,156 435 19.7 17.8-21.7 1,721 80.3 78.3-82.2
Non-Hispanic Black 692 111 15.7 12.8-19.0 581 84.3 81.0-87.2
Other 447 54 10.8 8.0-14.3 393 89.2 85.7-92.0
AGE
18-34 687 105 14.9 12.2-18.0 582 85.1 82.0-87.8
35-44 515 105 18.7 15.3-22.6 410 81.3 77.4-84.7
45-54 626 117 18.2 15.1-21.8 509 81.8 78.2-84.9
55-64 607 152 25.5 21.6-29.7 455 74.5 70.3-78.4
65-74 517 83 15.3 12.1-19.1 434 84.7 80.9-87.9
75+ 342 37 11.2 8.0-15.7 305 88.8 84.3-92.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 347 65 17.8 13.7-22.9 282 82.2 77.1-86.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 837 173 19.1 16.3-22.3 664 80.9 77.7-83.7
Some Post-H.S. 872 185 19.3 16.6-22.3 687 80.7 77.7-83.4
College Graduate 1,273 181 13.9 11.9-16.1 1,092 86.1 83.9-88.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 295 88 29.3 23.4-35.9 207 70.7 64.1-76.6
$15,000- 24,999 504 121 22.0 18.3-26.3 383 78.0 73.7-81.7
$25,000- 34,999 285 52 16.4 12.2-21.8 233 83.6 78.2-87.8
$35,000- 49,999 354 64 17.4 13.3-22.4 290 82.6 77.6-86.7
$50,000- 74,999 389 69 16.8 13.0-21.3 320 83.2 78.7-87.0
$75,000+ 831 106 12.9 10.5-15.8 725 87.1 84.2-89.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 742 299 39.8 35.8-44.0 443 60.2 56.0-64.2
No 2,537 296 11.6 10.3-13.1 2,241 88.4 86.9-89.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 374 63 16.4 12.7-21.0 311 83.6 79.0-87.3
Non-Veteran 2,961 543 17.7 16.1-19.3 2,418 82.3 80.7-83.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,801 310 17.1 15.2-19.1 1,491 82.9 80.9-84.8
Regional City or Suburban 887 174 19.8 16.9-23.0 713 80.2 77.0-83.1
Rural 660 122 15.4 12.6-18.7 538 84.6 81.3-87.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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